Goodluck2294:
I noticed visa rejection is always with processing time 🙏, God will help us

Goodluck2294:
My SOWP is 5months and some days now , I haven’t received any mail from ircc , I feel so worried, please what can i do again ?
It’s taking longer than expected , kindly assist

Jeboy:
I am not sure but there is a rumor that family reunion could only be attended to for applicants who have been separated by at least a year from there spouse.

They don't want you to depend on Canada job to pay student spouse school fees.

So how long have you been separated from your spouse you are applying to join?

AdoChel:
Can the spouse of the applicant reach out to them via webform too?

Toluvina:

Hello everyone,

I'm reaching out for guidance and support regarding my pending applications with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Despite submitting my applications on December 18, 2023, and completing biometrics and medical exams in January 2024, I've yet to receive an update. It's been over 8months now.

- My application: Spousal Open Work Permit
- My daughter's application: Visitor Visa

I've submitted multiple web forms, but unfortunately, I haven't received a response. Has anyone experienced a similar delay? Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time

Goodluck2294:
@jeboy
my spouse is more than a year in canada now , going to 2 years now , If that’s the new requirement , I still meet the new requirement, my application is 5 months and some days now

AdoChel:
Please where did you get this information?

Jeboy:
Unemployment rate has increased in Canada recently and the rumors is that a lot of us Foreign Workere don't really have the money but we just use "show fund" to get SOWP and come and add up to Unemployment rate in Canada with the hope of getting a job to pay school fees for our spouses.

What could make SOWP which is standard 3 months change suddenly? Just rumors from some immigration consultants I chatted with who are based in Canada when I asked them about the reason for the delay for Foreign Workers approval.

Another thing they said agaim is that Miller might be cooking some updates too for Foreign Workers permit policies.

Kurukuru:
I learnt it from a reliable source that Canada is strictly limiting tje issuance of work permits. Another issue there is that the number of international students in Canada is more than the immigration target numbers, and Canadians don't want to hear any increase in immigration targets. So many students may not get PR. PGWP will no more be automatic. It will be based on the discretion of the IRCC. So, granting of SOWP will defeat their restriction plan

AdoChel:
My spouse's visa was approved today. We applied May 3rd. Every nonsense rumour should go and jump inside river. Stay hopeful folks!

AdoChel:
My spouse's visa was approved today. We applied May 3rd. Every nonsense rumour should go and jump inside river. Stay hopeful folks!

AdoChel:
My spouse's visa was approved today. We applied May 3rd. Every nonsense rumour should go and jump inside river. Stay hopeful folks!

AdoChel:
My spouse's visa was approved today. We applied May 3rd. Every nonsense rumour should go and jump inside river. Stay hopeful folks!

Kurukuru:



Congratulations.
However, you do not need to abuse people just because you are approved. Those people you are attacking only gave information on what they heard. When Canada started giving out visas to spouses. It was through the informwtion sharing like this that people like you got to know. For that fact that Canada is now being strict with visa does not mean some lucky applications will not be approved. The truth there is that it wont be "yafun yafun" like before. For your information, the restrictions on the issuance of work permit is not a rumour, it is real. Please read the below:

Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, convened representatives from Canada’s largest business associations with one clear message: the TFW Program cannot be used to circumvent hiring talented workers in Canada, and the federal government will take further action to weed out misuse and fraud within the system.

During today’s meeting, Minister Boissonnault outlined the following actions that are being implemented to reduce the use of temporary foreign workers in Canada:

• Enforcing consistent application of the 20 per cent cap policy for temporary foreign workers. This includes the policy for the “dual intent sub-stream”, which applies to temporary foreign workers who intend to apply for permanent residency. Employers using this stream will be subject to more stringent guidelines;

• Applying a stricter and more rigorous oversight in high-risk areas when processing Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) and when conducting inspections;  

• Considering LMIA fee increases to pay for additional integrity and processing activities; and,

• Looking to implement future regulatory changes regarding employer eligibility (factors such as a minimum number of years of business operations or history of lay-offs by the employer).


Minister Boissonnault also informed business associations that he is considering implementing refusal to process under the low wage stream. If implemented, this would prevent employers in certain areas and industries from using the TFW Program. Additionally, the Government is working on modernizing the TFW Program with a new foreign labour stream for Agriculture and Fish & Seafood Processing, as announced in Budget 2022.

Jeboy:
I was just appalled by the comments. Maybe I will just stop commenting. People have built this community with contribution just because you got approved you have turned to a motivational speaker and damming all the ircc issues we have eaelier highlighted.

Thank you @Kurukuru for stating the obvious.

Kurukuru:
Don't be discouraged. By their statements we shall know them. People like them are the one spoiling the ground for other people when they enter Canada. They see any idea or information contrary to their desperate expectation as hostility.

Newfoundland was the easiest province to get PR. Before, just got any job, you would be nominated for Provincial Nominee. Some desperate students and their spouses came, just because they wanted to beat the system, they abused the integrity of the immigration system. The way Canada immigration is structured is that you transit from work permit to PR. Thats why students are given Postgraduate Work Permit after graduation. What the students did was that they did not have the money they claimed they had.They came to Canada empty handed despite presenting a bogus bank statement to the IRCC, when they arrived Canada, they paid part of the tuition fees, They hurriedly broought their spouses in to work in order to pay the school fees. Once the spouse worked 6 months on the work permit, they hurriedly apply for PR. Since the Newfoundland immigration system was the fastest, they got PR faster. They went back to the school that they are now permabent residents, and such they should convert their tuition to domestic fees including the ones they were owing. Some even applied for PR when still schooling because Canada allowed them to work full time.

We warned them but they called us names. Now, Newfoundland has come up with stricter requirements for their PR

Jeboy:
Oops.

We don't migrate like Indians and Chinese in terms of numbers but these guys are very modest in the steeze.

We must ensure we spoil opportunity for others just to get ahead. God go help us.

Kurukuru:
You are correct. We are not as many as Indians, but Indians are modest in their approach to immigration. They are always careful not to spoil opportunities fir others, but for Nigerians , they do not care. I talked to one Nigerian that what he was doing would spoil opportunity for others. He said "I don't care about others, let me get my own. Once I get my own, if they like, they should close everything"

Can you imagine this selfish statement

Kurukuru:



Congratulations.
However, you do not need to abuse people just because you are approved. Those people you are attacking only gave information on what they heard. When Canada started giving out visas to spouses. It was through the informwtion sharing like this that people like you got to know. For that fact that Canada is now being strict with visa does not mean some lucky applications will not be approved. The truth there is that it wont be "yafun yafun" like before. For your information, the restrictions on the issuance of work permit is not a rumour, it is real. Please read the below:

Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, convened representatives from Canada’s largest business associations with one clear message: the TFW Program cannot be used to circumvent hiring talented workers in Canada, and the federal government will take further action to weed out misuse and fraud within the system.

During today’s meeting, Minister Boissonnault outlined the following actions that are being implemented to reduce the use of temporary foreign workers in Canada:

• Enforcing consistent application of the 20 per cent cap policy for temporary foreign workers. This includes the policy for the “dual intent sub-stream”, which applies to temporary foreign workers who intend to apply for permanent residency. Employers using this stream will be subject to more stringent guidelines;

• Applying a stricter and more rigorous oversight in high-risk areas when processing Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) and when conducting inspections;  

• Considering LMIA fee increases to pay for additional integrity and processing activities; and,

• Looking to implement future regulatory changes regarding employer eligibility (factors such as a minimum number of years of business operations or history of lay-offs by the employer).


Minister Boissonnault also informed business associations that he is considering implementing refusal to process under the low wage stream. If implemented, this would prevent employers in certain areas and industries from using the TFW Program. Additionally, the Government is working on modernizing the TFW Program with a new foreign labour stream for Agriculture and Fish & Seafood Processing, as announced in Budget 2022.

Jeboy:
I was just appalled by the comments. Maybe I will just stop commenting. People have built this community with contribution just because you got approved you have turned to a motivational speaker and damming all the ircc issues we have eaelier highlighted.

Thank you @Kurukuru for stating the obvious.

AdoChel:
Haha okay, wow. From what I can see, you people are the ones abusing me. I take back my comment. Every nonsense rumour should not go and jump inside river. Everyone don't stay hopeful. Be discouraged. Happy? Thanks.

Jumsss24:
Hello everyone, I would like ask if there is anyone whose spouse is on PGWP, has applied for SOWP from outside Canada and has gotten approval in recent times?

Please, let me also know the processing time. Thank you

Timegi99:
I have applied for my spouse in June but not gotten a response. I am on PGWP.

Timegi99:
I have applied for my spouse in June but not gotten a response. I am on PGWP.